A dentary bone that is the only bone in one of the lateral halves of the lower jaw skeleton. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandible http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mandible ]
This is just here as a test because I lose it
Term information
database
cross reference
- FMA:52748
- EHDAA:8007
- GAID:68
- EMAPA:18290
- null:http://www.snomedbrowser.com/Codes/Details/181812008
- null:http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0024687
- CALOHA:TS-2225
- UMLS:C0024687 (ncithesaurus:Mandible)
- MESH:D008334
- EHDAA2:0001059
- MA:0001487
- BTO:0001748
- EFO:0001965
- galen:Mandible
- null:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_mandible
- NCIT:C12290
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim
definition
- A dentary bone that is the only bone in one of the lateral halves of the lower jaw skeleton.
depicted by
- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Gray176.png
editor note
- consider merging with dentary - for now we make it a mammal-specific subclass.
external ontology notes
- Note in ZFA 'mandible' is a syn for the ventral mandibular arch, which is a portion of the 1st pharyngeal arch; however the term 'mandibular symphysis' refers to the dentary
has broad synonym
- lower jaw bone
- lower jaw
has exact synonym
- mandibulla
- inferior maxillary bone
- mammaliam mandible
has narrow synonym
- lower mandibula
has obo namespace
- uberon
has related synonym
- mandibula
- mandibular series
has relational adjective
- mandibular
id
- UBERON:0001684
terminology notes
- 'mandible' also refers to either the upper OR lower part of the beak in birds
Term relations
Subclass of:
Related from:
part of
- alveolar ridge of mandible
- mandible neck
- mandible coronoid process
- mandible temporal crest
- mandible condylar process
- mesenchyme of mandible
- mental foramen
- mandible angular process
- mandibular canal
- incisor process
- surface of mandible
- masseteric fossa
- body of mandible
- retromolar space
- simian shelf
- mandibular ramus